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gai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gai; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

hinder, obstruct, injure

礙

• Cid khoarn iøqar e gai uixtngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn iøh'ar e gai ui'tngg.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of drug injures the stomach.
  這種藥傷胃腸。

• Zhuix kab cih uxsi'ar ia e siøgai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhuix kab cih u'sii'ar ia e siøf'gai.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The best friends sometimes have a falling out. (Lit. Some times the mouth and tongue hurt each other.)
  唇齒有時會相礙,至友有時也會發生摩擦。

Gynnaflaang u hvi bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'nar'laang u hvi bøo zhuix.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

A child should be seen and not heard.

小孩子有耳無嘴,小孩子不要多嘴。

ta'kef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

mother-in-law, husband's mother

婆婆

• ta'kef khoftok simpu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taf'kef khor'tok sym'pu; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  mother-in-law too hard on the daughter-in-law
  婆婆虐待媳婦

• Ta'kef u zhuix, simpu bøo zhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taf'kef u zhuix, sym'pu bøo zhuix.; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The mother-in-law has the last say in everything, but the daughter-in-law has a say in nothing.
  婆婆有嘴,媳婦無嘴,媳婦總要聽命於婆婆。

thauzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'zhuix; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

mouths in a family

家眷

• U kuie ee thauzhuix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U kuie ee thaau'zhuix?; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]
  How many mouths do you have to feed?
  有幾口?

u zhuiesuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u zhuix'suie; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

good at polite phrases and flattering talk

嘴甜

uxhvi bøzhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'hvi bøo'zhuix; ; [[...]][i#] [p.]

listen, don't talk, don't butt in (usually used when talking to children)

只能聽,不能說

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